L O R E E NA M C K E N N I T T

S H E ET M U S I C
PIANO VOCAL

The Old Ways

From the Quinlan Road CD The Visit

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Melody

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Words and Music by Loreena McKenni"

Piano

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1991 Quinlan Road Limited

The thun- dering waves

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are call-ing me home

home

to you

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Em

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Am

The pound- ing sea

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Bm

is call-ing me home

to you

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home

Am

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On a dark new year's night

Bm

On the west coast of Clare

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I heard

sing-ing

your voice

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me.

Em

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Your eyes danced the song

Your hands played the tune

T'was a vi-sion be-fore

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Em

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Am

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Em

We left the mu - sic be-hind

and the dance

car-ried on

"
as we stole

a-way

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to the sea-shore

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Bm

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Em We smelt

the brine,

Bm

felt the wind in our hair

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Sudden-ly I knew

With sadness you paused.

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that you'd have to go

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Your world was not mine,

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Yet it was there

your eyes told me so

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Em

Bm

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Em I felt the cross -

And I won- dered

roads of time

why.

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As we cast

our gaze

Bm

on the tum - bling sea

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vi-sion came o -

ver me

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Of thun-dering hooves

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and beat - ing wings

Turn-ing to go

In the clouds a - bove.

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Em

Bm

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Em

heard you call out my name,

Like a bird in a cage

spreading its wings to y

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"The old ways are lost,"

Bm

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D/F #

And I won - dered

you sang as you ew

why.

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Em

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The thun-dering waves

j .. j
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are call-ing me home

home

w w w

to you

!e Old Ways

Em

# & J # & J ?#

D/F #

E m/G

Am

The pound- ing sea

j .. j

is call-ing me home

home

w w w

to you

Em

# & J # & J ?#

D/F #

E m/G

Am

The thun-dering waves

j .. j

are call-ing me home

to you

w w w

home

Em

# & J # & J ?#

D/F #

Em

E m/G

Am

The pound-ing sea

j j . .

is call-ing me home

to you

w w w

# #

home

w w w

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